Outside the Yanmen Gate, the military minister Shan Yu looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and his face was pale. Ever since the army came out of the clouds, nothing has gone smoothly. First of all, there was another outbreak of great epidemics in the army, and a large number of war horses continued to die mysteriously. According to past experience, after the winter, the cold weather can effectively suppress the spread of various epidemics, but the current situation is really weird. Rumors have begun in the army that this is a cursed grassland, which has caused panic and discouragement among the army.

And the news of the defection of the vanguard Qianchang Ascha made the military minister even more angry. Although he had already received a secret report from Chamuha and learned that Zuoxian King Hu Hanye had sent someone to talk to Ascha for a long time, he really didn't expect his betrayal to come so quickly, and he chose to delay the military plane because of his own selfishness before the war, which was really intolerable to the military ministers.

"National teacher, how's it going?" The military minister Shan Yu asked with a frown when he saw Zhongxing coming slowly.

The Bank of China said with a bitter face: "In order not to drag down the march of the army, I did not bring a large number of slaves with me, but now I only rely on the warriors to fill the ravines and horse pits, and the manpower is slightly insufficient. ”

"What about the other tribes? Why don't they send someone to help? ”

Bank of China shook his head helplessly and said: "They have already retreated more than 100 miles with King Zuo Xian's team, saying that they are looking for a water source, and they obviously want to watch from the wall." ”

"A bunch of vile and shameless old foxes!" The military minister Shan Yu threw the horsewhip in his hand to the ground and said viciously: "In the future, they will be skinned alive and made into blankets, and trampled on them!" ”

Outside the Yanmen Fortress, a Hun ranger rode a horse to the city wall and shouted: "The defenders of the city listen, now Dadan Yu personally led hundreds of thousands of iron horses, and went south to hunt the Central Plains with your Han emperor, and let him go as soon as possible, otherwise the city will be broken, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

The Yanmen Taishouzhi on the city wall sneered and said nothing, but Ma Yu, the head of the Huben battalion, took a strong bow, bent his knees to lead the string, and the bow was like a full moon when he landed. A sharp whistle swept across the sky, and the arrows pierced the throat of the Hun ranger under the city like meteors, shooting him straight from his horse, leaving only the frightened warhorse that had lost its owner and fled back alone.

There was a burst of cheers on the city wall, and morale was greatly boosted. However, the Huns sent several rangers to fight their horses and move forward, shouting and provoking from a distance from a stone's throw away. Ma Yu estimated the distance, regretfully put down the strong bow in his hand, and sighed: "It's a pity that the prince strictly ordered that you Yu Linwei are not allowed to carry compound bows this time, otherwise you can shoot a few." ”

Gongsun He beside him smiled slightly, ignoring his complaints. As the commander of the Yulin battalion, Gongsun He can understand the prince's considerations, the compound bow is a killing weapon, which is simple to make, and the Huns can easily learn it.

Zhi Du was a little interested, it seemed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still had good things in his hands and had not taken them out, so he immediately pointed to a few large boxes at his feet and asked, "Then the Raushzi compound bow is more powerful than these incendiary bombs?" ”

Gongsun He smiled and shook his head: "The two are not the same thing at all, how can they be compared?" By the way, I don't know if Lord Taishou can prepare the catapult, if this incendiary bomb is only used in the city, it will be wasted. ”

Zhi Du asked with some confusion: "The catapult is ready, but I don't know what your plans are?" ”

Gongsun He smiled weirdly: "Now that winter is coming, the wind is blowing from the northwest, and the wind is going to the southeast. But this wild goose gate is so weird, although the wind direction is also to the west, but from the ridge through the plug, blowing to the northeast, Lord Zhidu doesn't think this is really a great thing? ”

Zhi Du was stunned when he heard this, felt the cold wind blowing from behind him, and thought: "Well, it is common sense that the mountain pass in the west is in the north, the mountain pass in the east is south, and the wind in the valley is northeast. ”

However, Ma Yuping said that he had a lot of dealings with Gongsun He, and when he heard what he said, he opened his mouth wide, pointed to the mountains and forests to the west of Yanmen Sai, and asked, "You mean ......?"

Gongsun He didn't deny it, and said in an evil whisper: "I also asked Yu Linwei to put a lot of sulfur and fierce fire oil in the forest. ”

Ma Yu was shocked, although the fierce fire oil was a new thing that the prince had just delivered, the sulfur had already left an indelible shadow in his heart. Gongsun He once used a fire attack on the Tiger Benwei during the Pingshu exercise, and the yellow smoke almost wiped out the entire Tiger Benwei. After the exercise, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who rushed to hear the news, severely beat Gongsun He with 30 military sticks in the name of poisoning the robe, but immediately rewarded him with 100,000 yuan, saying that it was an innovation reward and research and development funds. Gongsun He was even more energetic, and before the injury was healed, he looked for all kinds of poisons everywhere, added them to the sulfur, tried to burn, and did his best to improve the poisonous surname. Although he didn't dare to use it on the tiger ben again, whenever he saw a large number of large numbers of animals foaming at the mouth, or even bleeding from the seven orifices, moving out of the Yulin camp, Ma Yu felt a chill in his heart.

"You won't hurt your own people, will you? The direction of the wind can be said uncertainly, in case something happens and the Yanmen is lost, we are the sinners of the Han Dynasty! Ma Yu asked with some concern.

Gongsun He thought for a moment and said quietly: "This is also the last resort, if the situation is critical, I have to plan for the worst." Besides, for the sake of insurance, you can also let the soldiers use that disgusting method. ”

When Ma Yu heard this, his face suddenly turned ugly, the so-called disgusting method was passed down after the prince repeatedly ordered. It is to soak the urine in linen cloth and cover the mouth and nose, saying that it can prevent poisonous smoke. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even asked for an actual drill in Yulin and Huben, saying that it was to take out Raushzi's psychological disorder first. Yu Linwei didn't have anything, he took out the sackcloth generously, soaked it neatly, and covered his mouth and nose tightly, anyway, they usually said that they didn't soak in the dung pit during training. Tiger Benwei was miserable, almost no one could eat dinner that day, and even a few guys who were on fire were stunned by their own urine and fainted.

Gongsun He saw that Zhidu on the side was full of doubts, so he attached it to his ear and described his plan in detail. Zhidu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he didn't care about the possible casualties on his side. Even for the sake of secrecy, he strongly objected to announcing the disgusting method to the border army in Yanmen in advance, and asked that it be conveyed a few moments before the fire attack. He is such a cool official, as long as he can complete the errand assigned by His Majesty, he will die thousands of people, and he will not hesitate at all.

Gongsun He seemed to have met a confidant, and he became more and more intimate with Zhi, feeling that he was much more reliable than Ma Yu, these hot-blooded tiger guards. Yulin and Huben really can't pee in a pot, which is also Liu Che's success in disguise.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye. The army of the military minister Shan Yu finally filled in the potholed mountain road completely, and slowly marched into Yanmen City with tens of thousands of troops. The Hun iron horsemen wore simple leather armor and roared like a torrent covering the earth.

The momentum of the galloping horses was extremely terrifying, and the soldiers on the city wall were a little afraid in their hearts. Zhi Du looked at the hundreds of tiger guards whose faces were slightly pale, and sighed secretly, after all, they were little dolls who had never seen blood, even if they were as imposing as a rainbow, but they were still a little immature when they really faced the military formation. Fortunately, they quickly calmed down, clenched the hard bow in their hands, and their faces were full of determination, which was much stronger than the average recruit.

In contrast, the expressions of the people in Yulin were much more relaxed. It's not that they are stronger than Tiger Benwei, it's just that their training direction is very different, and Yu Linwei attaches the most importance to psychological quality. Think about it, it is obviously impossible to lurk for a few days in a place less than a few miles away from thousands of enemies, even if the enemy is close in front of you, enter or pee on your head, and remain hidden, without extremely strong nerves. It's not so much that they're not afraid, it's that they're numb, or they're nervous.

Ma Yu was obviously very dissatisfied with the performance of the soldiers under his command, and the tiger guards were very dissatisfied with Yu Linwei, thinking that they were sneaking around all day long, not real men. Now Hu Benwei, who claims to be a real man, is actually compared to others, which is really a bit embarrassing. He kept patrolling the team, kicked a few tiger guards with weak legs one after another, and roared: "Stand up straight for Lao Tzu, why can't you even compare to the pseudo-girls!" ”

When the tiger guards heard this, they all laughed when they looked at the people in the feather forest who were full of anger, as if the fear in their hearts had dissipated, and they had regained their momentum like tigers and beasts. Gongsun He looked at Ma Yu helplessly, and was very dissatisfied with him encouraging the team by laughing at Yulin. The term "pseudo-mother" was heard by Li Danghu from the mouth of the prince, and the original meaning should have been to refer to a man who is pretentious. However, Li Danghu relied on the big fist of the bowl and put it on Gongsun He's head, and then became the nickname of Yulinwei by the tiger soldiers.

Zhidu admired Ma Yu's approach very much, with the laughter of hundreds of tiger guards, the solemn atmosphere on the entire city wall was relaxed, and even the other border soldiers also improved their morale a little, and when they saw the Hun iron cavalry under the city, they were a little less afraid.

With the arrival of the military ministers Shan Yu and Zhongxing, the speed of the Hun cavalry slowed down a little, and they began to adjust their respective ranks and put up a position. After the military minister Shan Yu was stationed on the horse, he came to the front of the battle with the Bank of China, looked at the towering wall of Yanmen Fortress, and was silent. The Han army inherited the Qin system, and the crossbow arrows were strong, and within its range, it was the place of death of the Xiongnu iron cavalry. In the past, on the prairie, the Hun iron cavalry relied on riding and shooting, and the range of bows and arrows was much farther than that of crossbow arrows. Now that he wants to attack the city, he must bear the huge casualties caused by the crossbow arrows, which can't help but make him hesitate.

In the past, when the Huns attacked the city, they would always capture some border people of the Han State and let them rush the city first, which not only dispersed the firepower of the bow and crossbow, but also consumed the arrows of the Han army. But now there is a radius of 100 miles, a scorched earth, and half a figure cannot be found. The Xiongnu tribes are far away from the rear, and now they have to use the slaves of their headquarters to fight the front, and the military ministers are naturally distressed. On the grassland, the number of slaves reflects the strength of the tribe, and now facing huge losses, the military ministers have a gloomy face, vowing to make the Han people pay several times the price before they can stop the army.

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